Improvement in bee-hives



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` Toullwhom it may'concern.: e

, Be it known that we, SAMUEL AROHABALD SHORT,

SAMUELAHOHAHALD isHoier,` FRHDHIOK JACKSON SHORT, JOHN BUNION .sHoHHANnJAsPHH HILHOF -DEOATUH ALABAMA.

Letters Patent No.11v2',388, dated March 7, 1871.

FREDRIOK J AeKsoN" SHORT, J can 'boulou SHORT,

\ andJAsPnn KILE, oi' Decatur, in thee-curity of Mor- `gan and'Stateot'`Alabama, have iuvent'edga new and valuable Improvement in Bee-Hives andwe do hereby declare that the ibllowingisafnll, clear, and exactdescription of `the construction and operation of thesame,referencebeing'had to the annexed drawing making a` paltrof `thisspecification, andto the letters r audiigures; 0f` reference markedthereon.

i. Figure l ofthe drawing' is a representationof our bee-hiveinperspective view', i

.Figure 2 isau enlarged longitudinal vertical sec' tion,and 'Y .f i

` `Figure' Sisan enlarged; transverse vertical sectionv of thesame;

. `The natureof our invention consists in. the couhereinafter fnlly'se'tfolth; i l

struction and `arrangement of a `bee-hive, as will be AArepresent theend`.pieces ofthe hive, and are composed ofposts connected byboards, theposts extending belowthe ends proper, so as to-form feet for thehive torest upon.

,i `.r'lhe itwo endlpieces Aare connected on 'each l Yslde by means oftwobars,"0 O',\secured to the posts of one end piece, audtenons on the`other ends of said bars `passing=tbroi`1gh mortises in the posts'of theThe bar O isfplaced neartth'e upper 'ends of' the end pieces A A, andthebar C'at Vanyvsuitable point below'thefornler;

pieces, their upper edges coming ahontnon aline with the lowerfedgeofthe panels oi' the end pieces.

The inner sides ofthe bars BB are provided with .i grooves or]edg`es,lon which a sliding bottom, D, is

placed, `its upper Vrace being so far below'the lower edge ofthe panelsof the end Apieces as to form a convenient entrance for the bees.

` `hive to` top of honey-chamber. In `order to enable. others skilledin` .the art to` 'which our inventonappeitains to lmake and use thesame, we wilt howl-proceed co-describe its' construction andope1'ation,wreierring to theannened.` drawing.` f

' i The Schedule referred toV these LettersvPatent and making part ofthe same.

'lhe comb-frames consist oi' end'bars E E, connected by squarecomb-guides b'b. f The end bars E E of said comb-frames rest upon thebars .B B, and reach up to a short distance below the upper edges of thebars C C, the said end bars E forming the entire sides ofthe hive, andlilling up the whole space between the end pieces -A A.

InA the upper end of each comb-frame is placed a honey-frame,composedofthe top bar G, vertical rods d d, and lower triangular guide f, asshown in iig. 5. The ends of the top bars Gr rest upon the upper ends ofthe end bars E E, and -iill up the space lush with the upper sides ofthe bars O O.

' On thertop ofthe honeysii'ames is laid a glass plate, e, and theentire hivecovered 4by a lid, H.

A` hive made in this manner' may-have as many flames or divisions as maybe desired. These divisions avoid the air-spaces in 4a hive where theref should be comb, and they also make the comb movable. f r A.It will benoticed that the guides b b are arranged atdiiierent levels in the hivefor the purpose of giving the bees comb to travel on from bottom of theThis arrangement does awayr with all holes orrplacesfor the beestocra-Wl through to get into top boxes oreframcs..

The horizontal guides f j' of the-honey-i'rames are also arranged'atdilerent heights, to correspond with theposition of the upper system ofguides d d;

Having thus fully described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1f-. 1n a, bee-hive, comb-frames and honey-framesconstructed'substantially as herein described, so that the honey-frameswill be within the upper ends of the comb-flames, 'as set forth.

2.' The combination oi' the' end pieces A A, barsB C C, bottom D,comb-frames E b, honey-trames Grd f, glass plate e, and lidA H, allconstructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes hereinset forth;

' In testimony that we claim* the above we have here unto subscribed ournamesy in th'e presence oi' two witnesses.`

l i SAMUEL AROHABALD SHORT.

v FREDRIOK JACKSON SHORT.

JOHN BUNION SHOR'l".' JASPER KILE.

` Vitnesses:

Trios. J. CAMPBELL, W. T. Locus.

